> I estimated the rate was about 6-7 sec to > cross the 0.5-degree full Moon at the equator. This is the most important part of your observations and tells me that they had to be balloons. Balloons can travel any direction in the field of view including downward in an un-inverted view because they could be at a constant altitude moving away from you. To be in this slow of a orbit these objects would have to be very far away as Ted mentioned which means they would be something like 10 times larger than the ISS and there is no man made object larger than the ISS orbiting the earth. Certainly not 7 or so such objects. I believe the ISS typically takes something like 1/3 of a second (but I could be off by a factor of 3) to cross the moon . Don't be discouraged! Keep up the observations! It's good to hear from someone who recorded all the important data. - George Roberts http://gr5.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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